Odds Against Bribes as Hart-Agnew Bill Persists in New York Racing
New York on April 4 faces a bleak mood as supporters admit anti-betting Hart-Agnew legislation is inevitable. Racing interests dismiss bribery as ineffective and brace for a season opening April 15 at Aqueduct, with reduced purses and potential heavy losses across tracks if the law is enforced.
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New York
Aqueduct Track
Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Chicago
St. Louis
New Jersey
Linden
Elizabeth
Thoughtfulness in a Chicago Tea Party Dialogue
A humorous exchange between Miss Esmerelda and Mr Chuckster from the Chicago Tribune wonders about thoughts on marriage. Esmerelda says she often thinks of marrying, yet jokes about not marrying as a result. The quip captures social wit in light conversation.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Esmerelda
Mr. Chuckster
Sunday Law at the Capitlon Reduces Sunday Work
The President orders Sunday labor limited to emergencies or essential public interest. Postmaster General Meyer issues guidance to minimize Sunday work in the Post Office Department, effective tomorrow, with other departments expected to issue similar orders. Only watchmen engineers firemen and certain officials may enter without a special pass.
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Washteaton
Meyer
Floretta Whaley Says She Is Content With Balcom Marriage
Floretta Whaley now Flor etta W Balcom claims in an interview that her life since eloping with Jere Koode Cooke has been comfortable not luxurious. She asserts Balcom is not her legal guardian but her spiritual adviser and that he provides for their baby. She adds Balcom earns about $4.50 daily and she expects $100,000 to $150,000 when her estate settles.
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San Francisco
Floretta Whaley
Jere Koode Cooke
St. George's Church
Hempstead
L. I
Floretta W. Balcom
Cooke
Balcom
Cere
Mr. Balcomm
Hemstead
Metropolitan Republicans Grievance Targets Neighbor Rights
A troubled political figure accuses rivals of schemes and seeks city government aid to gain advantage. The piece frames his motive as revenge seeking control over neighbor rights and municipal authority.
Vision chief closes President's response to Sunday Observance appeal
The closing order records the President's ruling on the appeal filed by the Sunday Observance League. It outlines the decision and the official stance on the observance issue, marking the conclusion of the case.
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Vision
Business and Laboring Men Represented Before a House Committee
A large delegation of manufacturing commercial railway labor and agricultural interests allied with the National Civic Federation appeared before the House judiciary committee to push Sherman anti trust amendments. The group included ex mayors and union leaders from New York Cleveland Chicago and other cities. A courtship tale of Balcom and Mrs Cooke is also quoted, describing a marriage pact and a personal assertion of happiness after leaving prior ties.
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Wasursdon
National Civic Federation
House Committee On Judiciary
Seth Low
E. H. Gary
Albert Shaw
Isaac N. Seligman
Victor Morawetz
Charles A. Moore
William J. Schiefflin
John S. Huyler
W. E. Macey
William C. Breed
Ralph M. Easley
New York
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
D. J. Keefe
Detroit
Mich
Samuel Mather
Cleveland
Henry
L. Higginson
Boston
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
A. E. Garrettson
Cedar Rapids
Theodore
Frank A. Faxon
Kansas City
Mahlon Kline
Philadelphia
J. W. Jenks
Ithaca
N. Y
J. W. Kinnear
Pittsburg
Kansas City Annual to Feature City Progress in New Magazine Size
The Kansas City Business Men's league prepares the second Kansas City Annual to finish late this month in magazine form. T. M. Bone notes the issue will be more engaging with fifty new boulevard and park views, illustrations of new buildings, and articles by experts on manufacturing, conventions, and finance.
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Business Men’s League
T. M. Bone
League
Orient Railroad
Weather Department
Post Office
L. M. Jones
J. Logan Jones
Twelfth Street
Stock Yards
Armourdale
Argentine
West Bottoms
Twelfth
Baltimore
Main
Walnut
Grand Avenue
Minnesota Avenue
Kas
Liberty Streets
Twelfth and
Broadway
Hickory
Bluffs
Sixth
Bluff Streets
Seventeenth
Holly
Uptown District
Lafayette Hotel Fire In Mrapvitti Leaves 100 Guests Out In Nightwear
More than a hundred guests at the Lafayette hotel in Mrapvitti, Pennsylvania, were forced to flee in night clothes as a fire destroyed the hotel square. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars. Erie and Franklin fire companies stood ready to assist. A bell boy smelled smoke as the passage filled and guests rushed to the street. Fire rapidly consumed the building. cause not yet determined.
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Mrapvitti
Lafayette Hotel
Erie
Franklin
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan
Crittenden
Kansas City
Beardsley
Human Ostrich in Distress Shows Remarkable Swallowing Feat
Seattle Washington April 4 Henry Harrison a vaudeville performer who swallows dangerous objects had eleven knife blades five lath nails six small screws three tacks and other hardware removed from his stomach. He believed he had appendicitis when he summoned the surgeon. Harrison 38 years old and has performed this act for twenty years.
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Seattle
Wast
Henry Harrison
Harrison
Time Has Been Reduced for Twentieth Century Limited
The Twentieth Century Limited between Chicago and New York will revert to an eighteen hour schedule. Departures: Chicago 2 30 p m to New York 9 30 a m. New York 3 30 p m to Chicago 8 30 a m. Effective April 19 per W J Lynch of the NYC system. Two years earlier it had moved from twenty to eighteen hours, then lengthened by one hour last December.
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New York Central
Chicago
New York
W. J. Lynch
Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City
Hus
James Street
Fowler Packing Company
Kersey Coates Terrace
Kansas
Great West Bottoms
United States
Beardsley
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Crittenden
Anarchists Barred as Paterson Protest Meeting Fails
In Paterson New Jersey on April 4 police barred a protest gathering at the office of La Questione Sociale after authorities shut the paper. Captain Taylor and five officers arrived as about seventy five people gathered. remarks by the publisher denounced the government action and the room was cleared with no arrests.
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Paterson
N. J
la Questione Sociale
Leipsic Director Urges Germany to Emulate American Trade Schools
Dr. Pabst, director of the Leipsic teachers' seminary, lectured last night on Germany adopting America's example in technical and manual training. He showed moving pictures of U S schools and argued the United States has achieved near perfection in youth technical training.
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Germany
America
Pabst
Leipsic
United States
Bar Alcohol From Africa Urges International Accord
The New York American quotes Bertin Dr Ziemann medical referee for the German colonies in Africa calling for an worldwide agreement to end the poisoning of African natives by alcohol. He argues that Germany and other firms or individuals should not import or sell alcoholic beverages intended for the natives.
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New York
Bertin
Ziemann
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